Comments on: Lost (Almost), in a Blizzard http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/ For People and Planet Earth Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:31:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: soccer picks http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-10536 soccer picks Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:46 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-10536 Glad you had a good time, and wild adventure, and hope your next day was fun. soccer pickss last blog post..<a href="http://www.asian-picks.com/chelsea-complete-deco-deal">Chelsea complete Deco deal</a> Glad you had a good time, and wild adventure, and hope your next day was fun.

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]]> By: Chamonix http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-9367 Chamonix Wed, 07 May 2008 05:28:09 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-9367 I love the road sign - it doesn't leave any room for doubt. Personally I sometimes get motion sickness when skiing in total white outs which never helps with routefinding... I love the road sign - it doesn’t leave any room for doubt. Personally I sometimes get motion sickness when skiing in total white outs which never helps with routefinding…

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-5224 Will Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:55:01 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-5224 Welcome Skylar! I have just been reading your blog and I am a bit, (very) jealous of the life you have made for yourself! To be able to have the wild outdoors as a constant in your life, you are indeed fortunate. Is that the area where you grew up also? The photo at the top of your January 12th post is beautiful and looks much like our oldest dog Laya, 16 years old, who I rescued from a very bad situation when she was 6 months old. I have always called her a shepard mix, but many people and vets have told me that she is indeed a wolf hybrid. I can't imagine why someone would breed a animal like that, but in her case, she does not fit the stereotype of a wolf/dog cross. She has been a wonderful girl, smart, gentle with everyone including kids, and just the happiest animal you can imagine. It is so sad that she is reaching the end of her days as she is irreplaceable. I think you put together a great page, <a href="http://www.wolfechovalley.com/bio.html"title="(opens in new tab)" target="_blank">here</a>, on your main site. I am just getting started exploring all your pages, but the way you write provides so much interesting information! You are indeed to be congratulated for the work you do and the life you have forged for yourself! I hope that return to visit with us frequently! -Will Welcome Skylar! I have just been reading your blog and I am a bit, (very) jealous of the life you have made for yourself! To be able to have the wild outdoors as a constant in your life, you are indeed fortunate. Is that the area where you grew up also?

The photo at the top of your January 12th post is beautiful and looks much like our oldest dog Laya, 16 years old, who I rescued from a very bad situation when she was 6 months old. I have always called her a shepard mix, but many people and vets have told me that she is indeed a wolf hybrid. I can’t imagine why someone would breed a animal like that, but in her case, she does not fit the stereotype of a wolf/dog cross. She has been a wonderful girl, smart, gentle with everyone including kids, and just the happiest animal you can imagine. It is so sad that she is reaching the end of her days as she is irreplaceable.

I think you put together a great page, here, on your main site. I am just getting started exploring all your pages, but the way you write provides so much interesting information! You are indeed to be congratulated for the work you do and the life you have forged for yourself!

I hope that return to visit with us frequently!

-Will

]]> By: skylar http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-5204 skylar Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:16:22 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-5204 Namaste' Will wow! glad that had a happy ending, those pictures were AWESOME! I live in the wild literally and like to consider myself schooled on everything wild including if in a bad situation how to survive ;0) think *outdoor survival skills 101* but I used to never have a GPS on me on such outdoor excursions, but realized BEFORE anything bad happened it would probably be wise to do ;0) So it is part of the outing gear now. Again thanks for the way cool pics I had to double take cause it looks similar to canadian nothern country which I reside in, but no, in oregon eh? I have a few friends who live down there. Metta. sky http://awolfadventure.blogspot.com Namaste’ Will wow! glad that had a happy ending, those pictures were AWESOME! I live in the wild literally and like to consider myself schooled on everything wild including if in a bad situation how to survive ;0) think *outdoor survival skills 101* but I used to never have a GPS on me on such outdoor excursions, but realized BEFORE anything bad happened it would probably be wise to do ;0) So it is part of the outing gear now. Again thanks for the way cool pics I had to double take cause it looks similar to canadian nothern country which I reside in, but no, in oregon eh? I have a few friends who live down there. Metta.

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]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4320 Will Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:07:27 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4320 It's true about the signs. Even if we see them, we usually think they are really meant for someone else! It’s true about the signs. Even if we see them, we usually think they are really meant for someone else!

]]> By: Bob http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4286 Bob Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:13:10 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4286 Awesome pictures, beautiful country Will! An excellent reminder that the weather can change in an instant, thank God for your GPS, love the sign at the end of your post, but I work in a mall I know for a fact the average person can't read signs,lol. Awesome pictures, beautiful country Will! An excellent reminder that the weather can change in an instant, thank God for your GPS, love the sign at the end of your post, but I work in a mall I know for a fact the average person can’t read signs,lol.

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4248 Will Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:04:09 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4248 Yeah, I guess except in passing, the only place it is stated is in my about page. I live in Southern Oregon for the past 12 years. Grew up in New Hampshire which is just a bit north of here in latitude, but still below normal Northern Lights area. Thanks again for the EC credits. Yeah, I guess except in passing, the only place it is stated is in my about page. I live in Southern Oregon for the past 12 years. Grew up in New Hampshire which is just a bit north of here in latitude, but still below normal Northern Lights area. Thanks again for the EC credits.

]]> By: Alan http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4247 Alan Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:57:04 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4247 Where on the planet do you live, Will? (It looks gorgeous in your pics and I notice you mentioned to Tom that you can just barely see the Northern lights but I am putz at geography and can't figure it out ;) Where on the planet do you live, Will? (It looks gorgeous in your pics and I notice you mentioned to Tom that you can just barely see the Northern lights but I am putz at geography and can’t figure it out ;)

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4238 Will Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:13:12 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4238 Happy New Year, Anna. I am pretty good out in the woods, but you never know what might happen. I do like it out in the full glory of all nature's different moods. I inserted a few pictures from yesterday when it was very nice. I plan to be out in the woods in the same general area on Friday, but don't know what the weather will bring yet. -Will Happy New Year, Anna. I am pretty good out in the woods, but you never know what might happen. I do like it out in the full glory of all nature’s different moods. I inserted a few pictures from yesterday when it was very nice. I plan to be out in the woods in the same general area on Friday, but don’t know what the weather will bring yet.

-Will

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4236 Will Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:31:09 +0000 http://willtaft.com/the-great-outdoors/lost-almost-in-a-blizzard/#comment-4236 Your story hits close to home JD. Last year a family tried to do the same thing in the mountains here. It was on a road that I have used in the summer, but never would in the winter... even with my 4WD truck, snow tires and chains. It looked OK to them on a map, but exactly the same thing happened to them as you except nobody else came along. They eventually became stuck. After a couple of days of surviving in the car, the father tried to walk to help and did not make it. The mother and two children were rescued. At the bottom of the above article, I put a picture of the signs that are now posted on roads like that as a result of the tragedy. -Will Your story hits close to home JD. Last year a family tried to do the same thing in the mountains here. It was on a road that I have used in the summer, but never would in the winter… even with my 4WD truck, snow tires and chains. It looked OK to them on a map, but exactly the same thing happened to them as you except nobody else came along. They eventually became stuck. After a couple of days of surviving in the car, the father tried to walk to help and did not make it. The mother and two children were rescued.

At the bottom of the above article, I put a picture of the signs that are now posted on roads like that as a result of the tragedy.

-Will

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